October 19, 2008
Really, race has nothing to do with it
In the least surprising presidential endorsement -- but perhaps the most disappointing one to those seven people who still believed that Colin Powell wasn't a hack -- comes news of whom he's backing on November 4th.
Yeah, I know, McCain probably wasn't holding his breath, either.
Rush Limbaugh's take proves why he's the most biting -- and funny -- commentator from the right side of the radio dial.
Rush Limbaugh said Colin Powell's decision to get behind Barack Obama appeared to be very much tied to Obama's status as the first African-American with a chance to become president.
"Secretary Powell says his endorsement is not about race," Limbaugh wrote in an e-mail. "OK, fine. I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find all the inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates he has endorsed. I'll let you know what I come up with."
As for Powell's statement of concern this morning about the sort of Supreme Court justices a President McCain might appoint, Limbaugh wrote: "I was also unaware of his dislike for John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia. I guess he also regrets Reagan and Bush making him a four-star [general] and secretary of state and appointing his son to head the FCC. Yes, let's hear it for transformational figures."
If there's a plausible explanation that doesn't include racial solidarity, I've yet to hear it, so I'll fall back on my original thesis: Colin Powell is simply a hack of the first order, one who values race above competence.
Posted by Mike Lief at October 19, 2008 07:51 PM
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